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Silly question, but where's the location of the Network library?

It used to be located in stdlib/public/Darwin (see old commit). Where's it now?

Some context: I'd like a dump of all the function signatures in the stdlib for a function recognition algorithm I'm working on

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Many thanks for answering. One question though: what is the difference between Network and CFNetwork library?

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/network
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/cfnetwork

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what is the difference between Network and CFNetwork library?

Note All of the below relates to Apple platforms. If you care about non-Apple platforms, Linux and so on, let us know.

Network framework provides a low-level networking API. The ultimate goal is to replace BSD Sockets. The best high-level introduction is WWDC 2018 Session 715 Introducing Network.framework: A modern alternative to Sockets.

CFNetwork has two meanings:

  • It provides a public API that’s mostly deprecated (either formally or informally).

  • It also provides the core implementation of the Foundation URL loading system, including URLSession and the older, deprecated NSURLConnection.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ DTS @ Apple

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